The Living Without Series

Coal Creek Farm on Facebook

The Chicken Doctor

The Architect

Dorothy? Toto? That you?

I can’t find my blinkin‘ battery charger for my camera, so I can’t show you all the ridiculous amount of energy I’ve put into decorating my porch….it’s just too fun to leave alone. But, my sistorian has documented some of my craziness….so go check it out.

Things I’ve forgotten about Kansas, but am enjoying all the same…

The Wind- Good Gawd the WIND! No hills and mountains to block your view or the WIND!

The Dry Climate- My eyes, my throat, my nose, my skin….all dried up and turned to dust a few days ago and then blew across the corn field while I was stealing stocks from the farmer next door….shhhhh, don’t tell.

The People- They act like I never left. I’ve had emails and phone calls from folks telling me to come to this and that and wanting to meet my kids and blah, blah, blah….it’s wonderful.

Hey-you need to change your profile since you no longer live in the B.R. house in the woods.

Funny story about the white hen I call April, she got out one of the first few days (and almost every day since) and I couldn’t catch her so I decided to let her scratch and have her usual fun. Later on that evening John and I walked over to your old big long house to see what needed to be done for new renters and we found April trying to get in her old chicken coop. Smart bird. She figured out she moved next door:)

Debbie,I didn’t raise no ordinary hens, what you’ve got there is a prime white California Leghorn and I’m supposing that she has a keen sense of direction….so you named her aptly.

Lori,Yes, I think there has been some serious morphing done while I’ve been gone, however we can’t find a church service that begins before 10:45, so I guess there is still a hefty amount of “be still” left over to suit me.

April,I used to complain about the WIND in Oklahoma all the time. I knew the song talked about it “sweeping down the plain,” but one has to experience it to believe it! I imagine Kansas WIND is pretty much the same–the plain is just a little further North.